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Q. #untup- v. (basic-verb) “to cover (over or up), lie as a covering upon, (lit.) to cover down” (Category: to Cover)

Q. #untup-, v. (basic-verb) “to cover (over or up), lie as a covering upon, (lit.) to cover down” (Category: to Cover)
ᴱQ. telu- “to finish, end, close, complete; to cover, roof”

A verb appearing in the Namárië poem (LotR/377; RGEO/58), a combination of un- “down” and tup- “cover” (PE17/73). The poem translates this word as “covers”, but notes elsewhere indicate the actual meaning is “lies as a covering upon” (PE17/73).

References ✧ LotR/377; PE17/73; RGEO/58-59

Inflections

un-tupe aorist “covers up, (lit.) covers down” ✧ PE17/73
un-tūpa present “cover over” ✧ PE17/73
un-tūpa present “down-roofs” ✧ RGEO/59
untúpa present “covers” ✧ LotR/377
untúpa present “is covering over” ✧ PE17/73
untúpa present “is covering” ✧ PE17/73: that is “lies as a covering upon”
ùn-tū́pa present “covers” ✧ RGEO/58

Elements

undu “down, under” ✧ PE17/73 (un-)
tup- “to cover” ✧ PE17/73 (tūpa); PE17/73 (tupe)
√TUP “cover over, hide” ✧ PE17/73

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